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About Us. ERACE Cancer is a group of students and researchers from Stanford University who are working to Establish Race And Class Equality in Cancer Our educational campaigns target both campus community members and the residents of towns in the Bay Area

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  1. About Us • ERACE Cancer is a group of students and researchers from Stanford University who are working to Establish Race And Class Equality in Cancer • Our educational campaigns target both campus community members and the residents of towns in the Bay Area • Educational efforts consist of forums and discussions on: 1. Social determinants of health 2. Direct dissemination of information on cancer prevention and early detection to at risk-populations.

  2. Cancer from 2 perspectives Social Perspectives -Social determinates of health -Health disparities  Cancer Biological Perspective

  3. Social Determinates of Health WHO defines SDH as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.” • 1. http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/

  4. SDH can lead toHealth Disparities “A population is a health disparity population if there is a significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality or survival rates in the population as compared to the health status of the general population.” 1 1. Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education ActUnited States Public Law 106-525 (2000), p. 2498

  5. HD and Cancer: The Big 2 • Socioeconomic statusand access to health1 care are the most important contributors to cancer disparities followed by race and ethnic background. 1. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/disparities/cancer-health-disparities

  6. How does this work? • SES is often based on a person's income, education level, occupation, and community social status. 1 • SES, more than race or ethnicity, predicts the likelihood of an individual's access to education, certain jobs, health insurance, and living conditions (e.g. environmental toxins) all of which are associated with the risk of developing and surviving cancer. 1 • SES plays a major role in influencing the prevalence of behavioral risk factors(e.g.tobacco and alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, obesity, and health status), as well as in following cancer screening recommendations.1 1. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/disparities/cancer-health-disparities

  7. Biological Perspective • About 30% of cancer deaths are due to the five leading behavioral and dietary risks: • high body mass index • low fruit and vegetable intake • lack of physical activity • tobacco use • alcohol use.1 • Tobacco use is the most important risk factor for cancer causing over 20% of global cancer deaths and about 70% of global lung cancer deaths2. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/

  8. Biological Perspective Other factors include: Infections • HIV+ individuals have a higher risk of developing certain cancers • Sexually transmitted human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are virtually responsible for all cervical cancers • Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterium that is found in the stomach of about two-thirds of the world’s population and is amajor cause of gastric (stomach) cancer Immunosuppressive drugs (used for organ transplant) Radiation (long term exposure to radiation such as CT scans, ionizing radiation from nuclear plant accidents) Alcohol Environmental risk (asbestos, formaldehyde)

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